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# SCNSceneSource.AnimationImportPolicy

Options for playing animations loaded from a scene file, used with the [`animationImportPolicy`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneSource/LoadingOption/animationImportPolicy) key in options dictionaries.

```
struct AnimationImportPolicy
```

## Topics

### Type Properties

[`doNotPlay`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneSource/AnimationImportPolicy/doNotPlay)

Animations are not loaded from the scene file.

[`play`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneSource/AnimationImportPolicy/play)

Animations loaded from the scene file are immediately added to the scene and played once.

[`playRepeatedly`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneSource/AnimationImportPolicy/playRepeatedly)

Animations loaded from the scene file are immediately added to the scene and played repeatedly.

[`playUsingSceneTimeBase`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneSource/AnimationImportPolicy/playUsingSceneTimeBase)

Animations loaded from the scene file are immediately added to the scene and played according to the scene’s [`sceneTime`](/documentation/SceneKit/SCNSceneRenderer/sceneTime) property.


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